Analog vs digital?

I used to think the same until I learned more about digital and put more into it. My enjoyment is now equal with a nod to digital for convenience.

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I always thought vinyl was by far the best sound I’d heard before I spent the time and money finding the ’right’ digital setup for me. I purchased my first turntable in 1968 in Vietnam of all places. Since them I have had quite a few. I jumped on the CD bandwagon and stayed on it for a very long time.

A several years ago, I started building a dedicated listening room and went through several combinations of pre amps, DACs, power amps, and phone pre amps. Each digital "upgrade" was an improvement, but my vinyl rig always sounded much better.

Currently, I have a Technics SL-1200G w/ Ortofon Quintet Black cartridge and PS Audio Stellar phono pre amp. My DAC is a PS Audio DirectStream Sr. Pre amp is PS Audio BHK; power amp PS Audio BHK 250; speakers Tannoy DC8Ti.

I am my quite happy with my current setup and don’t foresee changing it. I can listen to it for hours without having to get up (to change a record). At my age, there’s something to be said for that!  My vinyl rig sounds a bit better to me, but I am quite happy with my digital setup.  

Digital belongs with solid state and home theaters. Analog with TT and 2 channel music.  

i don't miss surface noise and tape hiss, not one iota. i have heard the best of both worlds, but prefer the relative sonic purity of good digital. i am not one of those lucky gifted souls who can easily tune out extraneous noise. 

When I stream one of my long playlists through PS Audio DirectStream DAC, the sound is as good as it gets for me (yes, I know it can get better, but there is always something better out there whether it is analog or digital). I can replay them 100 times without worry of hearing any new surface noise. Because when that happened you know you would hear those favorite records less often. 

I will not go back to vinyl anymore, and the best part is my house is a lot cleaner without stacks of records and cleaning accessories. 

Thanks for all the input guys.
Much appreciated.

Have also tried the surround sound for a short time but wasn't happy with the sound. 
Have stuck with two channels even for my home cinema which is now also my music room. 
Adding a couple of subs help with the home cinema. 

Analog system consists of an 18 year old Shelter 901 MC cart, 35 year old Ekos tone ARM, LP12 and Naim Armagedon TT power supply routed through a Project Tubebox DS phono stage. 

Digital is a phone or tablet connected to a Singxer SU-6 via USB connected via I2S to a Terminator dac connected to the fully balanced prototype preamp via XLRs. 

The prototype fully balanced input/output valve preamp feeds a couple of March P451 monoblocks into a pair of recently serviced B&W MK1 matrix 3's. 
Also have a pair of Harbeth SHL5 PLUS 40th anniversary speakers waiting for a pair of stands. 

My foray into digital started a year ago with a preloved Naim V1 dac. 
After replacing the V1 with the Singxer/Terminator combination thought I had a very revealing, detailed, clean sounding system where finally a piano sounded real. 
Was finally a match for my vinyl system till an old retired Linn and Naim dealer friend decided my TT needed a service as it hadn't been serviced for well over 20 years.

Now after a service the good vinyl wins by a rather large margin. 
More presence and reality even the base is acceptable, (digital always has a deeper bass) but the vinyl wins in the musicality/listening experiance.
Don't want to stop listening when I should be going to bed.

Bugger! Now I feel like I have to try n improve the digital streaming.

It's a bummer when you have a fussy personality!

Could a dedicated hard wired (cat6) streamer/storage unit improve the listening experiance? 
As I said earlier I'm new at this digital thing and there's not much help or gear to trial here in NZ so I appeal to those of you that have the experiance. 

Anyway any positive realistic ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks again for your input.

Cheers! Tony.